Within the University of Idaho’s archives are files for more than 4500 students, alumni, and university employees who served in World War II, collected during the war to help the university community keep track of those serving. For each person, the files include at minimum a card listing rank, branch...
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Mt. St. Helens ash fallout in Moscow
Mount St. Helens eruption postcard
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Babylonian Tablets at Special Collections
Post written by Kacie Kay, Special Collections Intern
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University of Idaho Arboreta
Post written by Kacie Kay, Special Collections Intern
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UI launches digital collection of reporter Ben J. Plastino
This spring the University of Idaho Library launched a new digital collection that offers a unique window into the political, social, and journalistic history of Idaho in the latter half of the twentieth century. Built from the papers of Ben J. Plastino, a longtime reporter and editor for the Idaho...
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Anti-Unionism in the Coeur d'Alene Mining Industry
Post written by Kacie Kay, Special Collections Intern
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When UI lost its library to fire in 1906, help poured in
In the early morning of Friday, March 30, 1906, the University of Idaho Administration Building burned down, taking with it nearly the entire contents of the university’s library. Other than items out on loan, the library’s collections of books, periodicals, government documents, and other materials were gone.
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Bygone University Life
The archival collections cared for by the University of Idaho Library come in all shapes and sizes. There are large record sets from elected officials measured in the hundreds of cubic feet. There are dozens of hours of reel-to-reel film that captured Vandal football and basketball games and scrimmages. There...
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Cloned Mules!
On May 4, 2003, University of Idaho researchers celebrated the birth of an extraordinary mule foal. Idaho Gem, as the foal would be named, was both the world’s first cloned mule and the first successful clone of an equine. The announcement of Idaho Gem’s birth, published in Science, marked the...
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After Historic Losses, We Remember UI’s Giants
The wind storm that hit the Palouse on December 17, 2025 damaged many things, including homes, vehicles, and countless trees. University of Idaho’s campus was not spared from the wreckage. After more than a week of heavy rains, dozens of trees were uprooted or broken apart by record gusts. Among...
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